Moth ball container and garment hanger combined



Jan. 1, 1935.

A. ROSENBERG MOTH BALL CONTAINER AND GARMENT HANGER COMBINED Filed Feb. 23, 1934 v Patented Jami, 1935 I I l 'Mo-rn BALL oon'rsnmn AND GARMENT HANGER comma!) l 55%? Abraham Rosenberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 23, 1934, Serial lie. 3112.560 g 7 30mm- ((1223-64) My invention relates to improvements in moth may preferably be made ofrubber and are in- ,ball containers and garment hangers combined, itially larger in diameter than the interior of I and it consists in the novel features which are thebody 11 and compressed tofit thereinto,

hereinafter described. whereby the plugs 14 may be retained by resil- One'of the objects of my invention is to proience in their positions in the ends of saidbody 5 vide a perfected moth ball'container which may v11 after being inserted thereinto.

also be used asa garment hanger. The body 11 is shown in Fig. 1 as provided 'Another object ofv my invention is to have my with a hook 15 for suspending the same from improved moth ball container and garment a suitable support.

1 hanger combined provided with a means for The hook 15 has thereon a stem '16 which retaining the moth balls until the latter are passes at the lower end thereof throughthe body reduced by evaporation to a very small size. 11 i and terminates thereunder in a head 17. A further object of my invention is to have my The stem 16 may also be upset at the part moth ball container and garment hanger comthereof which-is adjacent the top part of the bined compact, simple, durable and inexpensive. body 11, if desired, .toprevent relative motion 15 1 Other objects and advantages will hereinafter therebetween. appear. The stem 16 may also be shrunk into the shell 1 attain these objects by the moth ball conof the body 11, if desired. tamer an rm h n r com ined, th ee The operation or way of assembling my moth 20, forms of which are illustrated in the accomball container and garment hanger combined in panying drawing, or by any mechanical equivathe form of my invention, which is shown inlent or obvious modification of the same. Figs. 1 and 2, is evident from the drawing.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is'a view partly in front The moth balls 13 in the interior of the body 1 elevation and partly in central longitudinal sec- 11 may be replaced by other moth balls by re- 5 tion of one form of my moth ball container and moving one of the plugs 14 from the end of the 5 garment hanger combined; and Fig. 2 is a secbody 11 and then reinserting it again into the tion on the line 2-2 of. Fig. 1, looking in the said end of thebody 11.

direction of the arrows. It will be-undeIStOOd that the size, number and F 81 3 i 8 V w partly in elevation andpartly shape of the apertures 12 may be varied at will;

so in lon tudi section 0! another form o y also that the plugs 14 may be of a material other moth. ball container and garment hanger comthan rubber and secured to the ends or the body 'bined; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 11 m different way than as shown in th of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, drawing,

and Fi 5 i a -se i on the line 5-5 of In the form of my moth ball container and Fla 3. l ki in the direction of the arrows garment hanger combined, which is shown in as Fig. 6 is a view par ly i elevation and partly Figs. 3,4 and 5, the body 2123 0f the hangerin section 1 a Still Other 101'!!! of my mom ban container has no apertures but is provided with container and garment hanger combined; and longitudinal openings 24 at the lower part there- Fig. 'l is a section on the line 7-7 01'. Fig. 6, the periphery f the d 21 23 1 circular lwm in the mecimm of thefin'ows; 8 is a in cross-section at the middle part of the body 40 on the mm also looking in and near the ends thereof. as shown mm. 5;

the directmn the arrows intermediate of each end and of the middle part sz gffsff w like W or the body the periphery of the body is arcuate 11 the body of the n in cross-section'asshown in Fla. 4.

tainer and garment hanger. in the form of my m'openmgs are mt wide enough 5 invention which is shown in Fig. 1; the body-11 m t any mu size moth balls to {an out them is shown ashollow andhaving therein a ertures tm'wghi w Prevent any 1mm balls when 12, which are too small to permit'any mom n duoed in size by evaporation from falling out of so to pass therethrough even after'the moth balls the hanger container through the openings 24 5o iisaidinteriorbymeansotendplugslhwhioh material.

' are very much reduced in size'by evaporation. h r 'p v de a for minous jacket 22, which The body 11- is shown as open at both ends, and is shown as enveloping the body 21-23. the moth balls 13 which are contained in the The Jacket 22 may be made of cheese cloth, interior thereof, are kept from falling out of the wire screen or of any other foraminous fabric or 35-436 are all made of one length of wire. The

ends of the wire 37 are joined at the underside of the hanger and form a trousers-support 38.

The ends 37 may be soldered to each other or Joined to each other in any other suitable manner:

The wire, of which the hanger container is made, is first doubled'up to form the hook 35; then the two sections of the wire are twisted on each other to form the stem 36; then the sections of the wire are formed into two branches consisting of helical coils 31 and 32; the coil convolutions are then progressively reduced in diameter to form the ends 34 of the two branches of the container; the ends of the wire 37 are then bent first downwardly and then inwardly; the ends of the wire are then joined to each other by soldering or otherwise to form the trousers support 38.

The moth balls are inserted into the branches of helical coils 31 and 32 through the space 33' which is left between the inner ends of the coil branches 31 and 32 under the stem 36.

To impart rigidity to the structure I provide a saddle 39 of rigid material which is arcuate in cross-section and concave on the underside thereof, as shown in Fig. 7, to fit the outline of the branches of coils 31 and 32. p

The saddle 39 is connected to each of the coils 31 and 32 by means of tongues 40, which are slit from the material of the saddle 39 and formed into the shape of stub-bayonnettes.

The saddle 39 is also provided at the middle part thereof with an opening 41 for the hook 35 and stem 36 to pass therethrough when assembling the structure.

The moth balls are omitted in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

Many changes may be made in the details of my moth ball container and hanger combined without-departing from the main scope of my invention, and parts of my invention maybe used without other parts.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as shown in the drawing, but I wish to include also all mechanical equivalents and obvious modifications of the same within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A moth ball container and garment hanger combined comprising a coiled body adapted to cofitain moth balls therein, a stiffening means for keeping said body rigid, said body having therein openings between the adjacent coils thereof for diffusing the vapor of the moth balls therethrough, a means on said body integral therewith and continuous with the material of the coils thereof for suspending the same from a suitable support and a means for keeping the moth balls from falling out of the ends of said body, said openings being relatively small, whereby said coils are adapted to retain the remnants of the moth balls after the latter have been much reduced in size by evaporation.

2. The elements of claim 1, said stifiening means comprising a saddle of rigid material and a means for detachably connecting the same to said body, said connecting means comprising tongues slit from the material of the saddle and formed into the shape of stub bayonnettes.

3. The elements formed of a single length of wire and the ends of said wire forming a trousers-support under the said body.

ABRAHAM ROSENBERG.

of claim 1, said body being. 

